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S. C. FERRISS. Pants.

No 2375004' Pat'ented Jan. 2-5,188| "n u f//ilzamlmwimn Iii/;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN C.CFERRISS, OF NEW MILFORD, CONNECTICUT.

PANTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,004, dated January25, 1881.

Application ined May 31, 1880. (No maden.

i To all whom it may concern Y Be it known that I, STEPHEN C. FERRIss,

l of New Milford, in the county of Litchfield and State iii.'Connecticut, have invented a certain Anew and useful Improvement inOveralls,

Pants, and Drawers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to so construct overalls, pants, ordrawers that at the part which is subjected to the greateststrainnamely, the seat-the strains either lengthwise or transverselywill come upon the bias of the cloth, thus permitting the requiredamount of stretching and conducin g tothe comfort of the wearer'.

To Q fjs end" my invention consists in apair of overalls, pants, ordrawers in which -the warp and weft in the'portion forming the legs runvertically and laterally in the usual manner, while in. the seat, whichis composed of separate pieces, the warp or weft run diagonally, so thata lateral or vertical strain exerts itself upon the bias and is relievedby the yield ingv of the cloth. The portions of the scat are preferablyjoined to the legs by diagonal seams, so that the strain upon the partofthe leg immediately below the seam is ou the bias,

while the strain lengthwise and crosswise of still lower parts ofthe'leg is straight. The pieces of cloth which form the seat are also socut that the seams at the side and center and top and bottom oftheseat-piece are all cut on the bias.

The accompanying drawing represents a rear perspective view of a portionof a pair of pants embodying my invention, in which the directions of.the warp and weft threads are indicated by the stripes of the patternupon the goods.

A designates the legs of the-pants; B B, the two pieces which form thesubject of my invention and constitute the seat of the pants. Thesepieces areunited along their top edges to a waistband, C, are unitedtogether along a centralseam,-b, and are united to the leg portions byside seams, c, and bottom seams, d.

It will be observed that inasmuch as the warp and weft threads runlengthwise of and across the legs there is no possibility of stretchingby strains in either of these directions. The warp and weft threads ofthe seat portion run diagonally to the threads of the leg portions, andtherefore a strain incurred in bending over, for instance, or a lateralstrain, will strain the cloth on the bias, and therefore cause it tostretch without weakening or injuriously straining the cloth.

It will be observed that the diagonal seams or bottom seams between theseat-pieces B and legs A bring the strain upon part of the leg below theseam onvthe bias, and are therefore more advantageous than a seamstraight across would be. The side, center, top, and

-bottom edges of the seat-pieces B B, also being all out on the bias,prevents any strains from coming upon the warp and weft threads in thedirection of their length.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

l. A pair of pants, overalls, or drawers in which the warp and weft inthe portion forming the legs run vertically and laterally, while in theseat, which is composed of separate pieces, the warp and weft threadsrun diagonally to the threads in the legs, substantially as specified.

2. A pair of pants, overalls, or drawers in which the warp and weft ofthe portion forming the legs run vertically and laterally, while in theseat, which is composed of separate pieces united to the leg portion bydiagonal seams, the warp and weft threads run diagonally to the threadsin the legs, substantially as specified.

3. A pair of pants, overalls, or drawers in which the seat is composedof two separate pieces united to the leg portions by diagonal seams andcut bias upon the top, side, and center seams, as well as upon thebottom seams, substantially as specified.

STEPHEN C. FERBISS.

Witnesses:

J. M. JANEs, A. W. IRIsH.

